Employment and Skills Coach - Isle of Wight, United Kingdom - Sovereign Housing

Sovereign Housing

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Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We have a fantastic opportunity for an
Employment and Skills Coach - Skills 4 Work to join our team based on the Isle of Wight for a 2-year fixed term contract.

You'd be based from our office in Newport, combined with the flexibility for some home working and travel as required across the Island.

As a leading Housing Association, we are committed to providing quality, affordable homes and services within sustainable, successful communities.

We're led by our values and driven by a strong social purpose, placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.

What you'll be doing:

This is an incredibly rewarding role in which you'll coach residents to achieve their work goals either gaining, returning to or finding better work.

It's a real opportunity to help to drive and shape our employment service in the community.

This role will support customers on the Isle of Wight to access support, training, work placements and sustainable employment opportunities via the Skills 4 Work Programme that will help them maintain their tenancies, maximise their opportunities and improve their quality of life.

Skills 4 Work is part of the Shared Prosperity Fund (SPF) programme which is managed by Isle of Wight Council.

Responsibilities include:

Providing information, advice and guidance services to a caseload of identified or referred customers, supporting them to access employability provision, training, workplacements, sustainable work and better work opportunities.
Developing a service offer and effective network of support agencies and providers who will contribute to and support the delivery of the Thriving Communities strategy, creating positive opportunities for progression of our customers.
Implementing a blended approach of advice and guidance by utilising a combination of digital, phone and direct delivery to maximise engagement, support and progression to customers.
Developing personalised needsled action plans in partnership with customers that outlines personal needs and goals, enabling them to develop the skills they need to seek, secure and sustain employment.
Effectively utilising internal and external partnerships and collaboration opportunities to maximise the support available to customers, including our internal grants and digital learning offers.

What we need from you

We're looking for someone who:

Collaborates effectively and can quickly build positive relationships with customers as well as the job centre and other local employment support networks.
Enjoys understanding customer needs and hopes for the future, helping to extend their thinking about what they can do to sustain their tenancy through employment while achieving their work goals.
Has a flexible and positive attitude with the ability to selfmanage, prioritising and managing multiple caseloads.
Brings experience in mentoring and coaching people to realise and achieve their potential.
We can also offer you excellent career development and training opportunities.

What you can expect from us:

£450 yearly flexible benefit pot to use against benefits of your choice
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (with an extra day every year up to 30 days)
Chance to buy or sell holiday as part of our flexible benefits package
Generous matched pension scheme up to 12% and life cover
Flexible working

It's an exciting time to be joining Sovereign so if you're looking for your next opportunity and working somewhere that makes a real difference to the Community is important to you, then we'd love to hear from you